Insiders at numerous resorts have told us that the AAA awards are an extremely forgiving organization. They tell us that AAA performs a preliminary inspection, after which they give resorts a checklist of things to fix for a future visit to achieve X diamond rating or to maintain their current rating, essentially a DO OVER.

This isn't meant to be an accusation of impropriety against AriaSkySuites, but instead to tell you that as the blizzard of press releases and ensuing articles touting who won what during diamond/star/pavilion season, that we should all take it with a grain of salt.